Gary,
I like what you said. I would just tweak one little aspect of it:
On 29 Jan 2010 at 12:50, Hedrick Gary wrote:
> 1. If anything, the repetition of emotionally-charged words weakens
> the argument rather than strengthening it. In rhetorical terms, we
> might say this is ad hominem argumentation.
It looks to me more like reductio ad absurdem argumentation, since the attack
is directed
more at a perceived situation than at specific individuals or groups.
Other than that, nicely done.
Did I mention that my alter ego's name is Sir Nitpick?